About My Talk:"In this light-hearted, well-illustrated and interactive talk, David Kilner will discuss crime fiction in its many forms from its origins 250 years ago through the years to contemporary fiction. Along the way he'll look at the impact of film and television on crime writing and ask what does reading or watching crime fiction actually do for us? Finally he'll talk about his own books - how they came to be written, some of the challenges of writing and why he chose his characters. Book signings available at the end."

Be warned! I ask the audience lots of questions...

Some FeedbackSome feedback from my first talk, given to the Friends of Holdfast Bay Library on 20 April 2016:'All attending made it sure to us how much they had enjoyed your presentation,and we would like to again express our thanks for such an interesting evening.' (Pat Matthews, Public Relations Officer)

Feedback from the talk I gave to Friends of Walkerville Library on 20 October 2016:'Recently I heard David Kilner give a brilliant chronological power point presentation on the history of 250 years of published crime writing illustrated by the appropriate book covers. This was followed by categorising the books into genre, e.g. psychological thrillers and many more. He also spoke of the research into his own crime books The Climate Change Murders and The Rock Art Murders with Skyla Merrick as the main character in these exciting mystery stories. I came away with a much greater knowledge of Crime writing and an appreciation of the amount of research undertaken to have produced such a fine informed presentation.' (Jenny Hills, Chairperson)

Feedback from the talk I gave to Noarlunga U3A on 9 June 2017'Thank you David for yesterday's talk ..it was so interesting and well presented ..we will call on you again sometime.' (Judith Atherton, Chairperson)

Feedback from the talk I gave at the Lyceum Club on 9 February 2017'Your presentation was much appreciated...' (Ursula Dahl, President)